Cairo is both daunting and exhilarating. With a population of more than 17 million, Egypt's capital city is crowded, noisy and polluted. It is also one of the most vibrant and complex cities in the world. Skyscrapers and five-star hotels loom over the River Nile, mosques fill even the most westernis...

Museum will be first to showcase evolution of Egyptian civilisation The new National Museum of Egyptian Civilisation (NMEC) in Cairo, currently under construction, is expected to be partially opened...

Film festival resumes after last year's cancellation The 36th edition of the Cairo International Film Festival is scheduled to take place from 9-18 November this year, according to the festival's pre...

The Cairo Opera House has cancelled this year's Ramadan Evenings over security concerns in the capital. The programme of events, which was reportedly to be smaller than usual, had been scheduled to ta...

The management of Cairo Opera House as well as the cast of current production Aida have gone on strike in protest over the sacking of Cairo Opera director Ines Abdel-Dayem by the newly-appointed cultu...

High-profile Egyptian filmmaker and producer Marianne Khoury has replaced Youssef Cherif Rizkallah as artistic director of the Cairo Film Festival, two months before the 35th edition of the event take...